Die-In at Outer Cape Health Services 1988

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Title:
Die-In at Outer Cape Health Services 1988
Description:
In 1988 there was A DIE-IN at Outer Cape Health Services, to force the Mass Health Department to approve Pentamadine treatments for People with AIDS in order to prevent pneumonia. Reported by The Boston Globe & other media, the photo shows people laying in the Outer Cape Health Services Parking Lot. The protest garnered enough press and succeeded in helping to obtain the treatment at Outer Cape Health Services.
Date:
1988
Format:
Newspapers
Location:
Provincetown History Preservation Project
Collection (local):
Safe Harbor/AIDS Collection
Subjects:
Barnstable County (Mass.) History
Boston Globe
Harbors--Provincetown--Mass
Provincetown (Mass.)--History--20th century
Places:
Massachusetts > Barnstable (county) > Provincetown
Link to Item:
http://www.provincetownhistoryproject.com/archives/4943
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Language:
English
Identifier:
asg_000_052